Total Chess Day 2: Van Foreest, Martirosyan Hit Back as Firouzja and Duda Lead Group A

Levon Aronian vs. Jorden Van Foreest

Levon Aronian and Jorden Van Foreest each won one game. Aronian took round 1 with Black in 31 moves from a Vienna Game: Falkbeer Variation. Aronian held a clear advantage from 16...Rhe8 to the end, and Van Foreest made the one mistake of the game.

Van Foreest hit back in round 2 with Black, winning in 34 moves from a King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Variation. Van Foreest had a clear advantage from 26.a3 to the end. Aronian made two mistakes and Van Foreest made none, and Aronian resigned after 34.Qd4.

Round 1: Aronian won with Black in 31 moves

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Round 2: Van Foreest won with Black in 34 moves, by resignation

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Nodirbek Abdusattorov vs. Alireza Firouzja

Alireza Firouzja won the first game and drew the second, taking 4 points to Nodirbek Abdusattorov's 1. In round 1 Firouzja won with White in 74 moves from a Queen's Gambit Declined: Exchange Variation, Positional Variation. Firouzja held a clear advantage from 39...Nxd4 to the end, and Abdusattorov resigned after 74.Kg3. Abdusattorov made one mistake in the game and Firouzja made none.

Round 2 was drawn in 57 moves after a Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, Fianchetto Defense. Abdusattorov had a winning position after 57...Ke5, the last move of the game, but the game was drawn.

Round 1: Firouzja won with White in 74 moves, by resignation

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Round 2: Drawn in 57 moves

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Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs. Andrew Hong

Jan-Krzysztof Duda drew the first game and won the second, taking 4 points to Andrew Hong's 1. Round 1 was drawn in 67 moves from an Italian Game: Classical Variation, Giuoco Pianissimo, with a5, and neither side ever held a clear advantage. In round 2 Duda won with White in 58 moves from a Ruy Lopez: Closed, Flohr System. Duda had a clear advantage from 40...Rxd2 to the end.

Round 1: Drawn in 67 moves

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Round 2: Duda won with White in 58 moves

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Vladislav Artemiev vs. Quang Liem Le

Quang Liem Le drew the first game and won the second, taking 4 points to Vladislav Artemiev's 1. Round 1 was drawn in 31 moves from a Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Neo-Arkhangelsk Variation, with neither side ever holding a clear advantage. In round 2 Le won with White in 32 moves from a Catalan Opening: Open Defense. Le had a clear advantage from 20.Bxc6 to the end, and Artemiev made the one mistake of the game.

Round 1: Drawn in 31 moves

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Round 2: Le won with White in 32 moves

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Fabiano Caruana vs. Richard Rapport

Fabiano Caruana won the first game and drew the second, taking 4 points to Richard Rapport's 1. In round 1 Caruana won with Black in 53 moves from an English Opening: Agincourt Defense. The game turned on 50.Rf4, which took Caruana from a slight edge to a clear advantage, and Rapport had 2:48 left on the clock after that move. Rapport made two mistakes and Caruana made none, and Rapport resigned after 53...Be6.

Round 2 was drawn in 56 moves from a Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, Zagreb Variation. Neither side ever held a clear advantage, and the game was drawn when neither side had enough material left to mate.

Round 1: Caruana won with Black in 53 moves, by resignation

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Round 2: Drawn in 56 moves, with too little material to mate

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Vincent Keymer vs. Praggnanandhaa R

Vincent Keymer and Praggnanandhaa R drew both games. Keymer had a winning position after 48.Nc5 in round 2 but could not convert it, and that game was drawn in 57 moves from a Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System. Round 1 was drawn in 44 moves from a Caro-Kann Defense: Advance Variation, Van der Wiel Attack, with neither side ever holding a clear advantage.

Round 1: Drawn in 44 moves

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Round 2: Drawn in 57 moves

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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs. Haik M. Martirosyan

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov and Haik M. Martirosyan each won one game, both with Black. Mamedyarov took round 1 in 40 moves from a Ruy Lopez: Closed, Delayed Exchange. The game turned on 31.Re1, which took Mamedyarov from a slight edge to a clear advantage. Each player made one mistake, and Martirosyan resigned after 40...Bb4.

Martirosyan replied with a 21-move win in round 2 from an English Opening: King's English Variation. The game turned on 20.Ncd5, which took Martirosyan from a slight edge to a clear advantage. Mamedyarov made two mistakes and Martirosyan made none, and Mamedyarov resigned after 21...Qe6.

Round 1: Mamedyarov won with Black in 40 moves, by resignation

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Round 2: Martirosyan won with Black in 21 moves, by resignation

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Abhimanyu Mishra vs. Ian Nepomniachtchi

Ian Nepomniachtchi won the first game and drew the second, taking 4 points to Abhimanyu Mishra's 1. In round 1 Nepomniachtchi won with White in 72 moves from a Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Schallopp Defense. The position was level until 51...b5, after which Nepomniachtchi had a clear advantage, and Mishra had 44 seconds left on the clock after that move. Mishra made two mistakes and Nepomniachtchi made none, and Mishra resigned after 72...Kd5.

Round 2 went 98 moves from a Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack. Nepomniachtchi had a clear advantage after 44.g4, but the game was drawn.

Round 1: Nepomniachtchi won with White in 72 moves, by resignation

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Round 2: Drawn in 98 moves

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Magnus Carlsen vs. Anish Giri

Anish Giri found a Brilliant move, 26...Bxg2!!, in round 2 against Magnus Carlsen. That game was drawn in 62 moves from a Grünfeld Defense: Three Knights Variation, Burille Variation, Reversed Tarrasch, and neither side ever held a clear advantage. Round 1 was also drawn, in 35 moves from a Dutch Defense, after Giri had a clear advantage following 10...Ne4.

Round 1: Drawn in 35 moves

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Round 2: Drawn in 62 moves

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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave vs. Rameshbabu Vaishali

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave won the first game and drew the second, taking 4 points to Rameshbabu Vaishali's 1. In round 1 Vachier-Lagrave won with Black in 49 moves from a Four Knights Game: Spanish Variation, Rubinstein Variation Accepted. The position was level until 34.Ke3, after which Vachier-Lagrave had a clear advantage, and Vaishali had 1:01 left on the clock after that move. Vaishali made two mistakes and Vachier-Lagrave made none, and Vaishali resigned after 49...Ka2.

Round 2 was drawn in 65 moves from a Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Tarrasch Variation. Vachier-Lagrave had a clear advantage after 31...Rf8+, but the game ended level.

Round 1: Vachier-Lagrave won with Black in 49 moves, by resignation

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Round 2: Drawn in 65 moves

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Erigaisi Arjun vs. Hans Moke Niemann

Erigaisi Arjun and Hans Moke Niemann drew both games. In round 2 Niemann had a clear advantage after 26.Qb2, but the game was drawn by threefold repetition after 51 moves of a Réti Opening: Advance Variation, Michel Gambit. Round 1 was drawn in 31 moves from a Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack, Fianchetto Defense, with neither side ever holding a clear advantage.

Round 1: Drawn in 31 moves

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Round 2: Drawn in 51 moves, by repetition

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Bibisara Assaubayeva vs. Wesley So

Bibisara Assaubayeva and Wesley So drew both games, and neither side held a clear advantage in either. Round 1 was drawn in 40 moves from a Queen's Gambit Declined: Barmen Variation. Round 2 was drawn in 43 moves from a King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Larsen Defense.

Round 1: Drawn in 40 moves

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Round 2: Drawn in 43 moves

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